COMMERCIAL FERTILIZER: CONSUMPTION BY KIND AND PLANT NUTRIENTS, MASSACHUSETTS, 1975 - 1983 



YEAR 



KINO OF FERTILIZER 



MIXED 

 FERTILIZER 



PRIMARY 

 NUTRIENT 

 MATERIALS 



SECONDARY 

 AND MICRO- 

 NUTRIENTS 



TOTAL 

 FERTILIZER 



PRIMARY NUTRIENTS 



AVAILABLE 

 P2O5 



K2O 



Tons 



1983 



37,194 



14,342 



312 



51,848 



7,692 



3,986 



5,226 



PRICES PAID BY FARMERS: INDEX NUMBERS, ANNUAL AVERAGE, UNITED STATES, 1973 - 1983, BY YEARS (1977=100) 



1/ Simple average of quarterly indexes seasonally adjusted. 



INDEX NUMBERS OF PRICES RECEIVED BY FARMERS, BY COMMODITY GROUPS, U.S. ANNUAL AVERAGE, 1973-1983 (1977=100) 



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